Sesame Street | |||||||
Alice learns to control her snuffle-blowing | |||||||
Air date | May 11, 1998 | ||||||
Season | Season 29 (1997-1998) | ||||||
Written by | Josh Selig | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon welcomes the viewer in the yard as he plays the Sesame Street Theme on his flute, when he hears a large gust of wind. Gordon finds out (the hard way) that it’s Alice, who blows down Gordon and his sheet music. Snuffy arrives, and explains that Alice is learning how to blow through her snuffle. Gordon recommends that Snuffy be the one to teach her how to control it. | |
Cartoon | Dr. Annie Eyeball looks at air. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2592) | |
Film | On a windy day, Maria (in voice-over) asks a man (Bill Irwin), "Does air move things?" The wind speaks for him. (First: Episode 2876) | |
Muppets | Caribbean Anything Muppets sing about "Caribbean Air." (First: Episode 2688) | |
Cartoon | G For Giggle (new sound effects added) (First: Episode 0357) | |
Muppets | Zoe spots a group of letters galloping by, and wonders which letter it is. She tells Celina what it looks like, and Celina says it's the letter G. (First: Episode 3377) | |
Film | G for go, girls, guitar, goldfish etc. (First: Episode 3269) | |
Cartoon | A boy's friends bring him flowers to cheer him up, not knowing that he's allergic to them. (First: Episode 1524) | |
SCENE 2 | At the park, Snuffy gives Alice her first lesson: pointing her snuffle towards her front. Since she doesn’t know how (she keeps pointing her other body parts out), Snuffy demonstrates what a snuffle is. Alice gets it, but then turns around and points her snuffle in the wrong direction. | |
Cartoon | "Move to the Beat:" A girl dances with a tiger. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3387) | |
Muppets | Elmo, Zoe, Rosita, Telly, Baby Bear, Herry Monster and Frazzle sing "You Tickle Me." (First: Episode 3744) | |
Cartoon | A concert pianist shows up in a construction worker's lunchbox, singing the alphabet. (First: Episode 0449) | |
Song | "Some Things Are Little, Some Things Are Big" (First: Episode 3537) | |
Cartoon | The story of Tommy LaPlaid, the painter so sad until he discovered the joys of kicking his paints on the canvas. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3208) | |
Celebrity | Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg spots Big Bird and Miles looking sad, and interprets how they feel by playing the violin. When she finishes playing, she reveals that she has the baseball they lost. (First: Episode 3580) | |
Animation | Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe." (First: Episode 2864) | |
Film | Wegman's dogs make their own peanut butter and jelly. (First: Episode 3749) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — In order not to disturb Bert while reading, Ernie wears headphones to listen to the radio. Now Bert can't hear anything... except Ernie singing along very loudly. (First: Episode 3193) | |
Film | Kids play loud and soft notes on the Shpritzer. (First: Episode 3428) | |
SCENE 3 | Alice is still turned the wrong way, so Snuffy teaches her the difference between “front” and “back” by turning around. Alice picks up on it, but she begins blowing her snuffle out of control, and knocks down a penguin in her path! | |
Animation | Luxo Jr. displays its front and back, eventually getting exhausted. (First: Episode 3279) | |
Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Cluck Around the Clock." (First: Episode 2817) | |
Cartoon | Fish form G and g. (First: Episode 3112) | |
Film | Kids on a jungle safari spot an ornate G swing through the trees. (First: Episode 3498) | |
Animation | G / g Gregorian chant (First: Episode 3328) | |
Song | Jerry Nelson sings "I'm the Big One Now." (First: Episode 2876) | |
Cartoon | A girl tries on big, bigger, and the biggest shoes. (new music added) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0252) | |
SCENE 4 | Carlo has noticed that Alice has been blowing leaves around the park, and Snuffy tells him what he’s been trying to teach her, and that he’s giving up; she’s getting on his nerves. Carlo encourages him to keep trying, and Snuffy has two kids, including Lexine, bring a pinwheel. Snuffy uses the pinwheel to demonstrate the “point-and-blow” method. Alice does the same, and gets her blowing right! Snuffy remarks, “You go, girl!” | |
Cartoon | "Big Sneeze" - a man destroys everything in his path when he sneezes. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1579) | |
Muppets | Elmo watches as Grover tries to demonstrate next to with a wily mailbox which keeps moving away from Grover. When they can't catch it, Elmo points out that he and Grover are next to each other. | |
Cartoon | An elephant, a zebra, a hedgehog, an ostrich, a frog and a ladybug create a rhythm with their footsteps. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 2794) | |
Film | Kid mural painting #17 (First: Episode 3639) | |
Muppets | Worms in Space The worms form the number 17. | |
Cartoon | Number creatures 17 (First: Episode 2745) | |
Song | Leon Redbone sings "What Do They Do When They Go Wherever They Go?" (First: Episode 3312) | |
Cartoon | "I Have a Purple Bucket" (First: Episode 3467) | |
SCENE 5 | Back at the Arbor, Snuffy and Alice show Gordon what Alice has learned. Alice demonstrates by blowing Gordon’s sheet music away, but not by accident; this time, she meant to do it. Snuffy offers to pick the music back up, and announces the sponsors, which Alice blows away. | |
SCENE 5 cont’d |
Snuffy also mentions that Slimey’s spaceship is still on its way back to Sesame Street. Alice spies the penguin again, and aims her snuffle to blow him down. | |
COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Elmo recalls a time when he and Slimey danced with each other. |
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